I want to protect you and your loved ones from becoming victims of crimes by the catholic church and all abusers of human beings. I want to give survivors of sexual and physical abuse a voice to be heard all over the world. All abuse of children and adults by religious groups and by any organization or individual must be stopped. We can add our voices to a growing, worldwide community of people who want truth and justice. Please share your experiences with me and others on this blog.

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Monday, July 6, 2015

Thirty years of the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Barbara Blaine, founder of SNAP talks to the National Catholic Reporter

Barbara
Blaine, holding a photo of herself as a child, protests at the Vatican in April
2005. (ZUMA Press/La Presse/Mauro Scrobogna)

This
week the National Catholic Reporter is running a series about 30 years of child
sexual abuse by the Catholic Church. It
is a series worth reading. The first article is the sad but empowering story of
Barbara Blaine, founder of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
(SNAP). Barbara says, “A single issue of
NCR changed the course of my life and eventually led to my starting an
international movement of survivors of clergy abuse. I am extremely grateful to
NCR!” Please read the whole series – the
more people who read this story, the safer children will be all over the world.

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About Me

When I was three and a half years old, I and my five year
old brother Frankie were raped by a catholic priest and put in St. Agnes Home and School in Sparkill, NY. I was beaten every day and then smothered by a catholic
nun. I didn't die but I was in a coma for almost year, leaving me brain damaged. After we got out, my
brother killed himself because he couldn't help me or accept the abuse we received. I want everyone to know
about the brutality and crime then and still going on in the catholic church. I want to stop
the crimes the church commits against our children and us and get justice for the victims. Give me your ideas
so that we all succeed in making this world safer for our children.